Tomorrow at 1 pm I have my dietician appointment to get my mushie diet instructions... well, what do you know? I blew it just now!

I made some tuna salad w/ fat free mayo and mustard and had about an ounce. I feel fine and I chewed really, really well...

The thing is, I have not been able to tolerate the Protein drinks so for the last 10 days have been living on Green Protein from Trader Joes (It's a juice and veggie drink w/ about 6 grams of protein in the bottle) soy milk and Soup broth! I seriously needed something!

I probably have not been consuming more than 500-700 calories in the last two weeks as it's really hard to get them in when I don't have the protein drinks!

Surprisingly, I have felt good, but well, I guess I justified it since tomorrow is the day I would start anyway.

Hopefully the 18 hours won't make a big difference! I am going to sit up until I think it's been digested!!!

dont sweat it, i went 3 days early because i wanted to practice eating before i started back to work, which was the day i was suppose to start mushies. as long as it is soft, and you dont over do it. i cant see any harm in it. it is not like you had something that could rupture your sutures. take care. im about a week further along than you.

Hey dont worry about it, the liquid phase is a killer and it looks like you were on it for 3 weeks. I only had 2 weeks of it and I have to admit I stuck my finger in the peanut butter a few times just to get a taste of something other than, optifast and soup.

Its very hard to follow a diet that is so restrictive when you are hungry. I know for me I have no restriction in my band what-so-ever so eating a 1/2 cup is a killer when I really want to eat a plate.

Littlefroggy believe me you are ok. I started eating mushies a week early and I am fine and still losing weight. I didnt over eat but I did move on to mushies. I moved on to full diet after a week of mushies and still doing fine. I eat small amounts and I chew very well. The hardest thing for me to do is not to drink while I am eating.